While women remain underrepresented in engineering, these companies are changing the status quo through innovative recruiting practices and building supportive and inclusive cultures.
Farmer’s Fridge once focused on vending machines to deliver quick, healthy meals to hungry customers. Now, with its direct-to-consumer model, the company has made it easier than ever to eat better.
A company is only as good as its employees, from executive leadership to managers, junior managers and associates. So how do today’s execs ensure their leadership styles best set up their teams and companies for success? Built In Chicago asked three local tech execs to find out.
The ability to learn and apply a new programming language is a must-have skill for any well-rounded developer. But how does one go about mastering this ability?
In order to maintain Farmer’s Fridge scaling initiatives that include hundreds of more machines in additional cities, the company has issued two major technical upgrades to its systems: an IoT infrastructure migration and a brand new, from-scratch mobile app.
Five years ago, Farmer’s Fridge took the concept of the vending machine and turned it on its head — instead of potato chips and chocolate bars, healthy, seasonal and fresh food would be available to customers on demand. We spoke with three of the company’s engineers on how they’re improving the internet of things as Farmer’s Fridge scales.
NOVEMBER 2018: Whether it’s growth opportunities, impact or amazing colleagues, we all want that special something that separates a dream job from a paycheck — so why would you settle for anything less?
For the last few years, Farmer’s Fridge has been one of Chicago’s best-kept food secrets. Not anymore. The company, whose smart vending machines offer healthy alternatives to traditional snack foods, announced a $30 million Series C on Wednesday.
